David the son

Gorgeous DT expressions. He looks so young & happy with Papa & Mama Tao. During the Vista event, he looked a bit haggard but with his parents, his face just comes alive. More pixs here
Touching moment with his mom, he really wears his heart on his sleeves *swoon* Although he always claimed that his relationship with his dad is better than his mom, you can tell he loves her vry much. It has always been an Asian habit to put the mother image on a pedestal. Like when a chinese woman becomes a mother, she suddenly becomes this paragon of goodness. It dun always happen that way & a rather simplistic view of motherhood. Like in the Curse of the Golden Flower, ppl just groaned at the idea that a chinese general would sacrifice thousand of lives for his mother. That's not filial piety my dear Zhang Yimou, that's stupidity. Still shudder when thinking that he will be responsible for the Beijing Olympic >"<
Anyway back to David ^__^ When he explained why he wrote Catherine in The Great Leap & that he wanted to represent another side of being a mother, I felt he was rather courageous & honest to attack this traditional view of motherhood in the chinese eyes. So when I get disheartened at chinese directors only representing traditional, simplistic, stereotyped views of Chinese values to the world, at least there is still a David Tao to counteract *__* My idol, my idol <3333333
Here's vid of Windows Vista media event, link courtesy of Tao Mi Tian Tan.